Re-named RNLB Canadian Pacific (ON 714) when transferred to Selsey in 1929
RNLB H F Bailey II (ON 714) was the third lifeboat stationed at Cromer to bear this name, but the first of the four to bear a number in its name.[1]
This lifeboat was sent to replace H F Bailey (ON 694).
Coxswain Henry Blogg of the Cromer is often referred to as "the greatest of the lifeboatmen"[2][3] was said to have disliked this lifeboat having preferred the previous lifeboat H F Bailey ON 695.
Arriving at Cromer in May 1929, this lifeboat served at Cromer for only two year and over that period she was launched 3 times and saved the lives of 5 people. In 1929 she was transferred to Selsey Lifeboat Station and was renamed Canadian Pacific.[4]
^The History of Cromer Lifeboats and Crews – H F Bailey 777 1935 to 1945. Author: Lee, Kitty. Publisher:Kitty Lee. Work:Chapter One – Page IX, The story of H.F. Bailey Lifeboats.ISBN0 9518530 0 7
^"Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen", Jolly, C., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, new edition 2002, ISBN0-946148-59-7
^The History of Cromer Lifeboats and Crews – H F Bailey 777 1935 to 1945. Author: Lee, Kitty. Publisher:Kitty Lee. Work:Chapter One – Page X, The story of H.F. Bailey Lifeboats.ISBN0 9518530 0 7